Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1887-05-20
state News.


Sunday. Blue laws are at q discoun, in Re-,
daroor The drills have also been running
nearly every evening during the hast week
until past ten o'clock.-kf Desert Herald
The Southwest Harbor Water Co. has been
organized At that place With the folloxinv
oficers H. H. Clark. Esq President: A
Allen, Secretary; ]. 7. r Freeman, Treas
urer; Directors, L. B. wyman, Ellsworth.
Joseph 6. Parker, Jesse Il. Pease and S. W
derrick, Southwest Harbor
Al Ellsworth Falls, the work of repairing
oooms is being rapidly pushed forward, and
the mills Will commence running 10 a few
usys--A force of men are at work on Ban
gor bridge and will probably have it passable
10 course of week.-A large scow has been
TAKEN to Brimmer's bridge and will be used
- ferry.-Forest fires are now raging and
much Damage will be done unless We have
rain.-H. NJ. & b Hall have nearly com.
pleted a temporary dam at their upper mill
and Will be ready TO. business in few DAYS.
A reporter of the Ellsworth American
called upon Collector Redman a, Ellsworth
"wednesday, to ascertain how many liquor Ii.
censes had been already taken out. One
hundred and eleven is the total number thus
far. against 3l9 issued last year at this time.
In the first collection division, of which
Portland. Ssco and Biddeford are the largest
places, % have been taken out In the see
end division, of which Lewiston. Auburn.
Augusta, Hallowen. Gardiner, Bath and
Rockland are the largest places, six have
been issued. In the third and remaining
division, in which Bangor, Belfast, Ellsworth,
Calais. East3ort and Houlton are the largest
places, II licenses have been taken out. and
most of these have been issued to Bangor
parties. Scarcely hotel Incense in the State
has been granted, the number of applications
made coming mostly from Bangor.
KNOX.
The Piper Packing Co.. of Camden r. pack ed
$4,000 cans of Holsters last week. They ex-
pect to pack loo, 600 cans this season
The citizens of Rockport have decided to
use standard time and Saturday evening the
village clock was set back 22 minutes The
village schools will now begin and close on
standard time, unless otherwise requested by
q majority of the parents who send children
to the schools.
Hon. X. O'Brien, of Thomaston, has
for the past few days employed a marine diver
to explore the bed of the river in front of his
wharf. He discovered number of large
rocks and pieces OF heavy timber, which at
low water were IN q situation to endanger
loaded vessels at this wharf. All these OBJ
structions will be removed, and as the water
front lie excellent, Mr.. O'Brien will have one
of the best kiln privileges in town.
Some half dozen young fellows engaged
in drunken row at the north end, Rockland,
Thursday night. Knives were freely used,
and several of the contestants received severe
cuts. No arrests.
Jones & Bicknell, of Rockland, have Just
completed a big lobster car for Stephen
Ehasp N of ty,la Il is iv1D H.
trm has now ten cars moored alongside their
place of business, and IN them, Saturday,
were 10000 live Holsters. They are receiv-
ing trips of fresh fish daily now. patent
overhead track has been put up in the lobster
room, greatly facilitating matters there.
Former Rockland citizens have established
a bank at Mound City, Kansas, with paid up
capital of $4,000. W. p. Rice is President,
c. F. Simmons, Cashier, and C. l.. Long.
Assistant Cashier. The Directors are w. p.
Rice tf Kansas City, G r Saunders of
Pleasanton, w. o. EULER. Jr., of Lacygne,
G NJ. Adams, o p. Watson, j. II. Stallcup,
G. l.. Long and c. F. Simmons of Mound
City. Mr.. Simmons, a well known Rockland
young man, is will be remembered went West
several weeks ago to take the position M
Assistant Cashier in the bank of Pieasanton.
His promotion to the cashiersnip at a hand.
somely increased salary is good illustration
of the way our worthy eastern young men
succeed in the West; so SAYS the Rockland
Courier Gazette.
PIsCATAoUIs.
The water is out of the Hebron and Kineo
quarries, and the contractors have begun to
make slate.
The Oakland quarry, which for the past
three years has been under lease to W. r.
Hughes, J. w. Jones Hugh Thomas, Z. M.
Jones and David E. Jones, has been leased
for five years to Messrs. Hughes and j. W.
Jones. During the past three years, the
quarry has been under the management of
Messrs. Hughes and Jones, and has been
handled to the entire satisfaction of the com
pany. During that time the contractors av-
eraged $50 squares of slate per month, or
$500 squares per year, and of these only
about l25 squares per month were second
quality.-At the Forest quarry Chas. A. Frs
kline has commenced to take of gravel, and
the contractors are preparing to extend the
pit by opening toward the Monson Pond
quarrv.-Aonson Slate.
There will be eleven steamers on Moose
head Lake this summer, one of the finest OF
which 10 now under construc ion by ID. T.
Sanders & Co. She is built for Master Hop
kins, and 10 of his new style of architecture,
sharp at the keel and broad at the blge. Her
symmetry is beautiful, and with powerful
compound engines, and a modern boiler, now
building for her her at the Penobscot River
Boiler Works, she will be fast one. Henry
P. Sawyer is building new propeller, to be
seventy-three feet long, thirty feet beam,
eighteen feet full width, Ave feet three inches
deep. She is of good model, well built and
fastened, and will have the engine and boiler
now in the Louise, which was rejected last
year by the inspector. The Louise will be
utilized as a barge to be towed by the steamer
in taking out parties.-Industrtal Journal.